Policy & outreach

March 2020: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Daniel Shaw (Head of Housing and Planning Statistics, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) to discuss the applications of technology, data analytics and machine learning for the future of planning affordable and climate-forward housing.

March 2020: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Nicola Davis (Head of Languages Team at Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)) to discuss the applications of technology in language learning and translation.

November 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Adam Ingle (Assistant Director, Department of Home Affairs (Australia)) to discuss whether emerging technologies will impact the balance between privacy and security, national regulation of digital technology, and whether technology manufacturers and online service providers have a responsibility to national security and law enforcement agencies.

October 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Luke Hughes (Senior Policy Adviser, Exploitation Projects Team, Home Office) to discuss ethics and morality offline and online, and how the state might micro-target citizens for the delivery of public services, in an ethical, legal and publicly acceptable way.

October 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Vinous Ali (Head of Policy, TechUK) to discuss the changing landscape of employment due to automation, and what government and industry can do to prepare.

June 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Katherine Oyama (former White House Associate Counsel and Deputy Counsel to Vice President Joe Biden; currently Senior Policy Counsel for Google) to discuss the relationship between copyright law and machine learning.

May 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Gaia Marcus (Head of Data Strategy at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) to discuss value of data, the long-term effects of automation, and the effects on society of the Internet giants' business models.

February 2019: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Jon Sell (Deputy Director, Corporate Finance, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy HM Treasury) to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in supporting investor choice for sustainable capital allocations, focusing particularly on climate related risks and opportunities.

March 2017: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Dr Steve Smith (Head of Science, Committee on Climate Change) to discuss the role of machine learning as part of the problem and solution to the emissions problem, low-emission innovation, and energy demands of future homes and buildings.

February 2017: I participated in the CSaP workshop on future of mobility, a half-day panel discussion in assistance of a Foresight Project on the future of mobility being undertaken by the Government Office for Science.

April 2016: I was interviewed by Cambridge TV (link to video) about the growth and challenges surrounding machine learning. We discussed the recent defeat of Lee Sedol, champion Go player, by the AlphaGo artificial intelligence, as well as issues of interpretability and accountability.

January 2016: I gave a one-on-one policy meeting with Sophie Odenthal (at that time Advisor to the Behavioural Insights Team, currently Advisor to Her Majesty's Treasury) to discuss the use of data analytics to improve the uptake and quality of education.